Development of gesture controlled electric wheelchair based on renewable energy for severe motor disabilities.

Project Title

Development of gesture controlled electric wheelchair based on renewable energy for severe motor disabilities.

Project Area of Specialization Mechatronics EngineeringProject Summary

Everybody can contribute to others in different ways to make sure these unlucky people are not left behind in every aspect. Advancement in technology contributing in building a better wheelchair for disabilities.With increasing demands in electric wheelchair technologies to assist disable people to continue their lives, independently. This project innovation objective is not only concerned with mobility of patients, including also as cost effective, for specially pakistan citizens, and supporting renewable energy source. As combination of various sensors to improve performance of electric wheelchair is needed, the use of renewable energy source is required to make it available for number of disable patients from desert / rural areas who cannot afford electricity availability or its cost. Further, the objective of innovation on electric wheelchair can be setisfied as: first one is to ease moblility, second is as rehabiliation tool for severe motor impiarment patient and third is easy for maintenance and parts are available anywhere in pakistan. That's why the mechanism is as simple as possible and spare part is available anywhere. 

Project Objectives

1) To fabricate affordable electric wheelchair.                             2) To provide smooth speed and movement control by using hand glouve.
3) Use of solar panel for battery charging to support renewable energy.
4) Use of hand glouve as Rehabiliation tool for severe motor disable patients.

Project Implementation Method

This project based on gesture control input from user to move wheelchair in desired direction. Use of arduino lilypad takes input from human hand gesture to control the direction of wheelchair. use of solar panel, designed at sitting area of wheelchair, for charging batteries, to save electricity. Guiding battery status by displaying at LCD fitted at wheelchair. use of motor driver modules as dual channel providing advantage from burning out easily of motors because of its higher circuit specifications. Addition of helical gears for transmitting power from motor to wheel, this reduces the require power for moving wheelchair under heavy weights.

Benefits of the Project

• available at low cost.
• provide rehabiliation for severe motor disabilities.
• supporting renewable energy source.
• availability of spare part anywhere, in pakistan.
• keeping the system as simple as possible for easy maintenance.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The purpose for this project is to improve the affordability of wheelchair among disable patients. This wheelchair provides renewable energy chagring capacity. Also, this gesture controller provide physiotherapist activity to human hand for their hand recovery.

furthermore, The project Report, Recipts and Fund Utilization Report will be provided after completion of this project. 

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry HealthOther Industries Medical Core Technology RoboticsOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption and ProductionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	69940
wheelchair	Equipment	1	10000	10000
DC motor	Equipment	2	16000	32000
Battery	Equipment	2	1200	2400
arduino mega	Equipment	1	1500	1500
motor Driver module	Equipment	2	1300	2600
Lily Pad Glouve	Equipment	1	1500	1500
Helical gear	Equipment	4	2500	10000
jumper wires	Equipment	3	180	540
solar panel	Equipment	1	5000	5000
LCD display	Equipment	1	400	400
Mecahanical Labour charges	Miscellaneous	1	4000	4000